The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-09

sEvERAE YARHs IRON A THrCK-sBr
HAN IN THE MoBT0N H0UgR

bWCnrtuU ARRtnnt
ninisuity erehsdevvius In New Terk Grey.
A large thick-sst man, whose dress and
bearing indicated great prosperity. sat ct table
In the Morton House the other evening. He
doesn't look II, but he 10 detective: the very
antithesis in appearance OF the Raunt, keen-
eyed reticent individual that the average
writer makes the typical detective Of his story.
He talked freely but never indlsoreetly. How
about that case Of an organized attempt here
In New York TO blackmail q prominent Boston
man p was asked detective.
It's great case" said he There has
been nothing much more important since the
time that fellow got his life insured with near
~ every company In New York. and then pre-
tended to die at little country town near
here. He had secured corpse and left It In his
room at the hotel It was regularly certified
that the corpse was that OF the man who had
taken the room. and his relatives bore the body
away. The fellow. however. was indiscreet
enough when he had gone away to write to his
Rirl-it 10 this writing to his girl that usually
lends to the detection Of Q criminal-and by
means Of those letters we traced the man to
South America. where he now Is.
"The most troublesome cases detectives
have. who work for corporations. are those
known as accident suits. There are now pend
ing more than 5000 suits for damages against
the elevated roads Of New York. Here is O
sample: One day q laborer was going to work,
and while passing under the Third avenue
elevated road careless workman on the lat
ter line let piece Of timber fall and hit him
on the head and shoulder He got q scalp
wound and bruise OF the shoulder but sus-
tanned no serious injury. A lawyer got hold
OF him and persuaded him to bring suit
against the company for 800 900 damages. Con-
trary to the lawyers instructions. he went out
on the street to enjoy his leisure. His coun-
sellor found him and hustled him up into the
garnet over saloon and practically made him
prisoner. We found out whore he was and /
set out to get at him. went into the saloon
under his lodgings one night drank vile
whiskey until along toward morning pretended
to be very drunk. and was carried Into an
upper room directly under the apartments oc-
cupied by the claimant. When my compan-
ions Of the saloon had left me climbed
ladder +. fG %sS %as ser d %as
disguised as Q sea captain, and the man, not
suspeoting my identity. told me how and why
he mad been made q prisoner. persuaded
him to descend with me down the fire escape.
him iibersliy. Once outside. / conducted him
sSs sns $50 SSss @ Him would SIGN
Fsease from all claim against he ne
as %snt Sspsy s
he might have gotten nearly all that was de-
sI But how 10 about the blackmailing casep" per-
s'sa set a. eSat by ana BY" said the de.sc
suits. One night man vss going home along
Fifty second street and fell part way through
81 IN 81
ior heavy dsmsges, claimine that he had been
s is1fst out Tie TIE csse Srsa .
ami sns ns ample sss sS
Stimulating paralysis. hired room direct
opposite that Occupied BY y,ot the a..
ea F e ssts saS At h
employed ON atteRdants to carry him into the
snd he acted his part a. well ta fss
p pro to ri The ' defendant that the suit was
fraud Or to demand no pay for my services es In
joining tS S Occupied b. the sisimans She
a sha' dSy DAG "a
When II he'd proved this accented the stipa-
me yst about ths Matchmaking case" said the
Detectives listener.
ITO prove to you that corporation has no
a n
the engineer had not sounded his beil as q
bell had been, Constantly rung, The Claimant
won In the lower court, and the case was
Of sSs roaa
mined to try an experiment. he boarded an
engine going down the line through the city
saw saw TO Il that hat The locomotive nude only SIX
stationed at sewers Of the crossings, and they
summoned witnesses who had seen the engine
n o.
miles an hour. and none Of them iixsd the
s sHs bss he Case ca oGH 1s.ratsd the
aS eorpsorasion sn' The eompsny osret this
You. may not be friend Of the Corporations.
quarter of . million dollars In fraudulent
Sns .4s Know S1 bodss
ai fasrs t1a nos
ipe toe much public indignationI:: commencement
Now please tell me about the Matchmaking
case, insisted the llStener.
The detective smiled and said by way Of
evasion; DO you know that New York is the
to shadow man The elevated roads, for
q man. You must be careful not to let him
sec YOU; r. takes train on the i road: Ttd ts
trail iS any q, supposed shadoWer, He waits until
the next comes along and then boards that.
He may change, thus three times on Jour
ney, and II he secs anybody following
Is being shadowed. and 10 skips out Of sight.
Try to follow him on Broadway and he can give
you the clip with the utmost ease as he lodges
side streets only to emerge again on Broad
tom to cri.iclse the detective when a criminal
gives him ths slip, remember the case q I've
seen a great deal-oi life. They were employed
to defend Mollie Matches. one 81 the most
cleared him. and Mollie gave them p dinner. At
are pretty good ct your business. but you
SEnda PICK the noskets atcbss two emi Hsd
but did not meet their boast with
valuable diamond cluster pin on his shirt front.